The youngest Ball brother was already ranked as a top-30 prospect in the high-school class of 30 by Scout, Rivals and ESPN. Come spring of 2018, the world will see the results of LaVar’s handiwork when the Big Baller AAU team returns to the club circuit.

And so long as the curriculum at Casa de Ball is up to snuff, Melo shouldn’t have any trouble fulfilling his commitment to UCLA in the fall of 2019—assuming the NCAA doesn’t disqualify him first.

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